Aloe albiflora
A tiny grass-like aloe from south-western Madagascar with narrow, rough-surfaced leaves and bell-shaped, snow-white flowers, unusual in the genus. It is critically endangered and possibly extinct in the wild, and is listed on CITES Appendix I, but it is widely grown from nursery stock. Grow it as a small, warm succulent with bright light, a free-draining mix and a drier winter.
Where it grows wild
Very little is recorded about its wild habitat. The type-era collection is from east of Tsivory in the Toliara region of southern Madagascar, a seasonally dry area of bushland and grassland. Small, grass-leaved aloes like this usually grow among grasses or in the light shade of shrubs rather than fully exposed.
Not recorded; the Tsivory area lies at a few hundred metres. Not measured.
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